Extra: The Dangers Of Dyes And Other Stuff In Your Food

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 19 January 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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This week, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would ban the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food products like candy and cereals. The agency cited a study that found the chemical caused cancer in rats and affected hundreds of items. The move comes ahead of President-elect Trump's inauguration. His nominee for Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has promised to "Make America Healthy Again” and remove chemicals and other additives from our food, which he believes are harming us. Days after the news broke, Dr. Peter Lurie, President of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), joined host Lisa Brady on the Rundown to discuss the research that led to the decision to ban the dye and why the CSPI petitioned for the reform. Dr. Lurie explained how this could impact food products in the country, and what chemicals might be next to go as the Trump administration takes over. We often must cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full interview. Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with Dr. Peter Lurie, allowing you to hear more about why he says many food additives and dyes are dangerous, and should be banned ed as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.2	This is the Fox News Rundown Extra.
0:36.9	I'm Lisa Brady.
0:38.3	More than three decades after Red Die No. 3 was banned from cosmetics in the U.S. over
0:43.3	a possible cancer risk?
0:44.3	The Food and Drug Administration is now banning it from the food supply and from ingestible
0:49.3	drugs, including cough syrup.
0:51.3	Food makers have two years to remove it.
0:53.3	It's three years for drug makers.
0:55.0	We spoke with Dr. Peter Lurie, executive director of the Center for Science and the Public
0:58.9	Interest, a non-profit consumer advocacy organization that led the petition effort to get this
1:03.9	die band. But they're also hoping for changes to the process, including a loophole known as
1:08.8	grass, which stands for generally recognized as safe.
1:12.5	It allows companies to put a food additive on the market without an FDA review,
1:16.9	if that substance is generally recognized among qualified experts to be safe under the conditions of its intended use.
1:23.7	We made some edits for time and thought you might like to hear the whole thing.
1:27.0	Thanks for listening.
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